The Collector's Grand Tour Auction: Curated Objects and Curiosities

Tribal Art - a Benin bronze leopard mask, 29cm long, Nigeria

Tribal Art - a Dinka war club, incised longitudinal lines to grip, hide covered pommel, 73cm long, Sudan, Upper Nile region of Africa; an African...

Tribal Art - a Fijian hardwood bowai or pole club, carved in shallow relief with geometric and hatched friezes, bulbous end, 75cm long, Fiji, Ocea...

Tribal Art - a Kuba ikula prestige knife, 22cm leaf shaped blade, wire-inlaid wooden handle, 32.5cm long

Tribal Art - a Kwele mask, long straight masks, flatened scarified features picked out in white pigment, 59.5cm long overall, Gabon/Congo, West Af...

Tribal Art - a large African rattan shield, probably Ngbandi, Democratic Republic of Congo, 143cm long

Tribal Art - a Luba stool or headrest, carved as a kneeling female caryatid, an infant on her back, 20cm high, Congo, Central Africa

Tribal Art - a Teke reliquary power figure, he stands, with knees bent, aperture to stomach, 45.5cm high, Congo, Cental Africa

Tribal Art - a West African colon figure, of Colonial influence, carved and painted as a man in European clothes and pith helmet, 56cm high

Tribal Art - a Yoruba gelede mask, of typical helmet form, the domed features crested by a horse, snakes and bats, brightly decorated in tones of ...

Tribal Art - a Zulu prestige staff, compressed globular 'knobkerrie' pommel,83cm long, South Africa; another, caraved with a European 'colon' figu...

Tribal Art - an African beadwork head ornament, terminating in a cowrie shell pendants, 20.5cm wide19th/early 20th century

Tribal Art - an African ceremonial feasting bowl, dished circular top with geometric border, club-shaped legs, 42cm high, 45cm diam

Tribal Art - an African figure, standing, 53cm high; another (2)

Tribal Art - an African mask, of eliptical outline, stylised features with pronounced central ridge, traces of white pigment, 24cm long

Tribal Art - an African prestige staff, domed pommel above two-tone geometric and spiral bands, 87.5cm long; another, carved with a kneeling femal...

Tribal Art - an Australian Aboriginal hunting boomerang, carved in shallow relief with kangaroos and an ostrich, 58cm long

Tribal Art - an Igbo spirit mask, eliptical eyes, bared teeth, decorated in red and white pigment, 29cm long, Eastern Nigeria, West Africa, museum...

A 19th century brass six-draw pocket telescope, leather grip, sliding aperture cover to eyepiece, extending to 40.5cm long

A 19th century brass telescope, with single draw and sliding shade, aperture covers to eyepiece and objective, leather-clad, extending to 92cm lon...

A 19th century gilt brass pocket lens, 5.5cm diam, morocco leather case, other lenses (4)

A 19th century lacquered and patinated brass monocular microscope, by E Saunders, High Street, Oxford, double nosepiece, twin-objectives, concave/...

A 19th century lacquered brass three-darw pocket telescope, leather grip, push-fitting lens cap, sliding aperture cover to eyepiece, extending to ...

A 19th century lacquered brass three-draw telescope, leather grip, sliding aperture cover to eyepiece, push-fitting lens cover, extending to 61cm ...

A 19th century single-drawer table top astronomical telescope, by Cary, 181 Strand, London, rack and pinion focusing, folding tripod stand, 82cm l...

A copper lacquer thermograph, by Darton of Watford, designed for use in mining, Hortsman Gear Company clockwork drive mechanism, anti-vibration fe...

A fine and rare 19th century lacquered brass Proffessor Harley Grand Binocular Y-stand microscope, by Charles Collins, 157 Great Portland Street, ...

A mahogany demonstration meter, by White Electrical Instrument Co Ltd, with nine interchangable scales for volts, Amps and mA, zero adjustment, 4m...

A mid-20th century projection microscope, by C & D, three colour-coded x4, x10 and x20 objectives, rack and pinion focus, pivoting cradle, 46cm lo...

Mining Interest - a 19th century steel and brass miner's lamp, by H Mulkay, Liege, domed canopy above a gauze within four pillars, glazed chamber,...

A set of George III steel and brass travelling balance scales, by Young & Son, Scale Makers to His Majesty, No.5 Bear Street, Leicester Square, Lo...

A set of thirteen brass scientific balance/scale weights, 1 Kilo to 9m, fitted beech cas, 25.5cm wide

A Stanley Fuller's calculator, brass and wooden fittings, 43cm long, mahogany case

A Stanley Fuller's cylindrical slide rule calculator, bakelite grip and fittings, brass scale, 44cm long, mahogany box

A Victorian walnut eight-bellow barograph, by F Dobson, Newcastle-on-Tyne, bevelled glazed case enclosing brass clockwork mechanism, ink bottle an...

An early to mid-20th century Post Office plug key resistance box, by Phillip Harris Ltd, brass keys and rail, the scale on Ohms at 18 degrees celc...

An interesting set of nine clear glass sample prisms, of various forms and refractions, fitted ebonised mount, 13.5cm wide

Architectural Drawing - a pair of large beech dividers, by Helix, 48cm long, c.1950

Drawing and Surveying Instruments - a set of 19th century brass and steel dividers, 17cm long; others; a folding rule; etc; brass mounted rosewood...

Firefighting - a demonstration desk model, of a Pearson B1 Detector (surface type), by Associated Fire Alarms Ltd, ebonised plinth, perspex cover...

Medical Instruments - Midwifery - a set of stainless steel short handled delivery forceps, 33.5cm long

Medical Interest - a 19th century Scottish doctor's lacquered brass pump action enema syringe, by Gardner, 45 South Bridge, Edinburgh, 26cm long,...

Medical Interest - a George III brass bound mahogany apothecary box, hinged cover enclosing an arrangement of pharmaceutical bottles, drawer to ba...

Medical Interest - a late Victorian/Edwardian mahogany surgeon's box, by Milkin & Down, London, hinged cover with inlaid brass cartouche inscribed...

Medical Interest - an early 20th century Galenos shocking coil, by Stopler, Utrecht, pinch-top Edisson screw, carbon filament bulb, connecting pro...

Medical Interest - Anatomy - a human hip bone, 18.5cm wide, loose mounted as a didactic model on a glass museum stand

Medical Interest - Anatomy - a human skull cranium, disarticulated to show the coronal, lamboid and sagitall sutures, glass museum display base, 2...

Medical Interest - Anatomy - a human skull, dissected to show cranial fossae, eye socket and temporal bones, the removal cranium secured by swing-...

Microscopy - a dissecting lens, by Flatters & Garnett, Manchester, black painted brass adjustable arm, the crackle-finished heavy duty base 14cm d...

Microscopy - a late Victorian walnut microscope slide cabinet, hinged folding cover enclosing an arrangement of sliding trays housing a collection...

Mining Instruments - a caged hydrograph, dual pen recorder monitoring ambient temperature against humidity, 42.5cm wide, mid-20th century

Physics - a 19th century Arago's disc, by Harvey & Peak, Successors to W Ladd & Co, Beak Street, London, the draught turned cranking wheel driving...

A marble statuary pedestal, fluted pillar, lotus socle, 77cm high

A Chinese mah-jong set, the hardwood cabinet with sliding door enclosing five long graduated drawers housing bone and bamboo tiles, 24.5cm wide ov...

A 19th century gilt metal posy holder, 11cm long, c.1870

Wine - one bottle, 1975 Chateau Lafon-Rochet St Estephe, 73cl, label for Berry Bros & Rudd, sealed, level above base of neck ...[more]

Port - one bottle, Amandio Silva & Filhos 1938 Old Tawny, paper label, sealed, level just below base of neck ...[more]

Pens - a Sheaffer fountain and ball point pen set, the fountain pen with 14ct nib, cased

Pens - a Sheaffer fountain and ball point pen set, 271 medium, the fountain pen with 14ct nib, cased

Pens - a Sheaffer lady's ball point pen, brushed steel finish; another Sheaffer ball point pen (2), Sheaffer box